Han thought again, for the tenth or hundredth—maybe thousandth—time, that the Princess of Alderaan really was never more beautiful than when she was knocking the Sithspit out of somebody.
“I have always been here,” Qui-Gon said. “Being ready is your choice, my Padawan.”
― The Desperate Mission
― The Desperate Mission
“Chris takes a swig of Diet Coke. He sometimes worries he is addicted to it. He had once read a headline about Diet Coke that was so worrying he had chosen not to read the article.”
― The Thursday Murder Club
― The Thursday Murder Club
“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”
― The Fault in Our Stars
― The Fault in Our Stars
“For the first time, then, she caught a glimpse of what the power of speaking might be. It wasn’t a matter of confession, penance, and absolution, like the priests offered. It was something else entirely. Telling the story of who she was, and then realizing that she was no longer the same person.”
― Speaker for the Dead
― Speaker for the Dead
“The tapestry of family and friends that wove together around me was a beautiful, glowing thing, full of their bright, complementary colors.”
― Breaking Dawn
― Breaking Dawn
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